Religious Education Curriculum Offer

The Church of England Religious Education Statement of Entitlement states:

"Religious education in a Church school should enable every child to flourish and to live life in all its fullness (John 10:10). It will help educate for dignity and respect, encouraging all to live well together."

Our RE curriculum reflects the Church of England Statement of Entitlement and the Somerset Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education: Religion and Worldviews. Through high-quality Religious Education, pupils develop religious literacy and gain knowledge and understanding of Christianity and a range of religious and non-religious worldviews.

Our RE curriculum aims to:

• Develop secure and increasingly sophisticated knowledge and understanding of Christianity as a diverse, living and global faith.
• Enable pupils to explore a range of religious and non-religious worldviews, including Islam, Judaism, Sanatana Dharma and Humanism.
• Help pupils understand diversity within and between religions and worldviews and recognise that individuals may express beliefs and practices in different ways.
• Encourage pupils to ask and investigate challenging questions about belief, meaning, purpose, identity, morality and what it means to live a good life.
• Develop pupils' ability to think critically, evaluate evidence and engage respectfully with differing viewpoints.
• Support pupils in reflecting on their own ideas, values and experiences while learning about those of others. 

At Crowcombe and Stogumber Church of England Primary Schools, Religious Education is a valued and academically rigorous subject that makes a significant contribution to our Christian vision:

Together, Let us Love, Encourage, Achieve and Flourish

As Church schools, Christianity is central to our curriculum and is taught as a diverse, living faith. Alongside Christianity, pupils learn about a range of religious and non-religious worldviews through enquiry-based learning that encourages curiosity, discussion, reflection and respectful dialogue.

We follow the Somerset Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education: Religion and Worldviews. Our curriculum is supported by Understanding Christianity, Somerset SACRE resources and selected Jigsaw RE materials where these support the enquiry being studied. These resources help us deliver a carefully sequenced curriculum; however, the Somerset Agreed Syllabus determines the content and progression of learning.

Our curriculum develops pupils' understanding through:

• Substantive knowledge (what pupils know about religions and worldviews);
• Conceptual knowledge (the big ideas and concepts that connect learning across the curriculum);
• Disciplinary knowledge (how pupils investigate religion and worldviews through theology, philosophy and the human and social sciences).

Pupils also explore religion and worldviews within their local Somerset context, helping them understand how beliefs and practices are expressed within their own communities as well as nationally and globally.

Our RE curriculum is inclusive and accessible to all learners. We celebrate diversity, promote equality and foster a culture of curiosity, respect and understanding, enabling every child to flourish academically, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally.